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Europe’s Closing Borders

Schengen’s collapse is inevitable amid the refugee flood.

American Enterprise Institute Senior Fellow John Bolton on the refugee crisis and the end of passport-free travel. Photo credit: Getty Images.

Jan. 27, 2016 7:21 p.m. ET

Europe’s system of passport-free travel is on the way to history’s dustbin. The latest sign came Wednesday after the European Union issued a report faulting Greece for its handling of the refugee crisis. Greece now has three months to rectify its migrant-processing shortcomings or face suspension from Schengen, the treaty that facilitates visa-free travel across European frontiers.